H8412 H8412
Tadmor (Palmyra, city built by Solomon; textual issue with Tamar)
According to 1 Kings 9:18 (Qere reading) and 2 Chronicles 8:4, Solomon built a city called Tadmor. The site is traditionally identified with Palmyra, the famous oasis city in the Syrian desert. However, there's significant textual debate: the Ketiv (written text) in Kings reads 'Tamar,' and many scholars prefer this reading, identifying it with a fortified town in Judean territory rather than distant Tadmor/Palmyra. The Chronicler's text clearly reads Tadmor, possibly updating or reinterpreting the Kings account to reference the well-known desert city.
Senses
1. sense 1 — The multilingual evidence shows consistent transliteration 'Tadmor' or variants, treating it as a proper name. The textual complexity (some manuscripts read 'Tamar' instead) reflects early scribal debate about whether Solomon's building project extended to distant Palmyra or stayed within Judean territory. The geographical implications differ dramatically depending on which reading is original. 2×
AR["تَدمُرَ", "تَدْمُرَ"]·ben["(তদমোর)", "তদ্মোর"]·DE["[תדמר]"]·EN["Tadmor"]·FR["Tadmor", "[תדמר]"]·heb["תַּדְמוֹר", "תדמר"]·HI["तदमोर", "तदमोर-को"]·ID["(Tadmor)", "Tadmor"]·IT["Tadmor", "[תדמר]"]·jav["Tadmor"]·KO["다드몰", "다드몰을"]·PT["(Tadmor)", "Tadmor"]·RU["Тадмор"]·ES["(Tadmor)", "Tadmor"]·SW["Tadmori"]·TR["Tadmor'u"]·urd["-تدمر", "تدمر"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† תַּדְמֹר n.pr.loc. built by Solomon, according to 1 K 9:18 Qr = 2 Ch 8:8; Tadmor = Palmyra (RSEncy. Brit. (9) Palmyra Mommsen Röm. Gesch. v. 423, cf. LagBN 125); but read in both places תָּמָר Th RSl.c. Mommsen l.c. Kmp Benz Kit Bur ReckendZMG xiii (1888), 402 Lagl.c. GASmGeogr. 270, N. 2; 580, N. 2; v. II. תָּמָר.